Late yesterday afternoon I was rolling around on my cart planting seeds and a few flowers. It was fairly hot with the sun beaming down on my concrete patio. Then all of a sudden, it was like the sky blinked and grew dark. And before I could barely acknowledge it, rain began to softly fall.Read More
Life Lately
Memories & Charlie’s Acupuncture Today
The day before Thanksgiving, and the day before my oldest daughter’s 45th birthday. She was born on the 28th, and that year it was Thanksgiving. I had a caesarean section that afternoon because they couldn’t get my blood pressure under control with the pre-eclampsia I had developed. I was 17. I will be dropping CharlieRead More
Sad Flowers, Pet Habits & Phone Scams
Each morning when I sit down with my coffee to write my post I usually have Ivy laying on the small side table where I keep my laptop, pawing at me to pet her. If I don’t pet her fast enough, she uses her head to poke at my arms. Meanwhile I have Charlie layingRead More
Cleaning & Pondering
Yesterday when watering I noticed that some of the zinnias are beginning to turn brown. Do the blooms just do this after after a week or so? Or is this the effect of the sun and heat? I don’t know of any blooms that look good for very long. Thankfully I’ve planted the new seeds.Read More
The Fly That Wouldn’t Die
Yesterday afternoon I cut back herbs that were turning brown in the sun. These are mostly in the blue raised garden bed that gets the most sun. On the one hand, if I cut plants back I don’t have to look at the raggedness of the browning stalks. On the other hand, they were givingRead More